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No. 426,470. Patented Apr. 29, 1890.

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No. 426 470. Patented Apr. 29, 1890.

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JULIUS REIOIIELT, OF FORT MADISON, IOIVA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,470, dated April 29, 1890.

Application filed August 22, 1888. Serial No. 2831433- (NO model.)

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichl it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to pug-mills, the object being to provide a device of this character that will be simple and inexpensive in its construction.

The invention consists in the combination, with a pug-mill and a shaft, of a melder arranged near the bottom of said pug-mill and a gate and a iiange to force clay or other material into said molder.

The invention further consists in the combination, with a pug-mill, shaft, and melder, of agate arranged at the mouth of said molder and a iiange secured to said shaft, said gate adapted to be opened and closed by said iiange, and a plate to force the clay or other material in the path of said ange.

The invention further consists in the various features of construction and combinations of parts, hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my invention with parts cut away to show the interior construction. Fig. 2 is aplan View with plate removed; and Figs. 3, et, and 5 show parts in detail.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a base upon which the different parts of the device are mounted.

B represents a pug-mill, cylindrical in form, arranged upon said baseA. At the bottom of said pug-mill and upon a projecting portion of the base a melder O is placed. The pug-mill is out away at the place where the melder is arranged, so as to allow a connection between said pug-mill and molder.

D represents a shaft passed through the center of the pug-mill and extending some distance above. To the top of this shaft the power is applied by any suitable mechanism. The bottom is provided with an arm L, which is at right angles to the shaft D and extends in an opposite direction to the iiange I.

The shaft D is provided with radially-arranged arms F., adapted to temper the clay before it is forced into the molder.

F represents a plate secured upon the shaft D at a point about even with the upper por tion of the molder. This plate is adapted to be revolved with the shaft D, and, as shown at G, a portion is cut away, and one edge of said plate F is turned up, as shown at I'I. This upturned portion is adapted to force the clay beneath the plate F, so that itmay be forced into the melder by the mechanism to be described.

The mechanism for forcing clay into the molder consists of a iiange I and a gate J. This flange I extends from the shaft D, to which it is secured, to within a short distance of the inner surface of the pug-mill. The flange l is curved so that its center portion will be in advance of its ends. The gate J is arranged adjacent to the mouth of the molder and is secured at one end by a pivoted post K. The gate .I is constructed long enough to reach the shaft D in the center of the pugmill, and it is also adapted to close the opening between the pug-mill and the molder. Both the shaft I) and post K are extended be low the base A, and are turned to said shaft and post at right angles to form arms L and M, respectively.

The operation of my invention is as follows: Clay or other material is fed into the pug-mill, and is carried below the plate F by the mechanism described. It is then forced out through the opening N in a continuous intermittentlyadvancing stream, and is then cut into bri cls and carried away. To illustrate the operation of the gate I and flange, I havev shown them in dotted lines in four different positions. (Designated l, 2, 3, and 4, and 5, 6, 7, and 8, respectively.) The flange moves in the direction indicated by the arrow. Positions l and 2 show the manner in which the gate is opened by means of the arms L and M, and positions 3 and at the manner in which it is closed and also the manner in which clay is forced into the molder.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, in a png-mill, with the shaft and melder, of a plate secured to said shaft, said plate provided with a cut-away IOC shaft and molder, of a plate-ange and arm mounted upon said shaft in the relative position shown, a post, a gate intermediate theinill and inolder, and an arm, said gate and arm mounted on the post, as and for the purpose specified. 4

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

J ULIUS REICHELT. Witnesses:

O. C. HERMINGHAUSEN, J. W. TROW. 

